A FIFA report into Yves Jean-Bart has described the President of the Haitian Football Confederation (FHF) as “embarrassing” in a damaging decision where he says “the pain and the suffering that caused his victims to “fully understand.”
Jean-Bart was banned from football for life in November after being found guilty of abusing his career and harassing and abusing several female players, the young children of among.
In their 45-page report, FIFA’s Ethics Committee described Jean-Bart’s behavior as “inexcusable.”
In his decision, FIFA said: “While he said that he was developing Haitian football, especially women’s tournaments and teams, Mr Jean-Bart did the opposite – he abused his role to satisfy his personal notion of sovereignty over the weakest. , ruining the careers and lives of promising young female players. “
FIFA’s Ethics Committee concluded that Jean-Bart committed the crimes over several years (at least between 2014 and 2020) and said that “several aspects of the case were at an unprecedented level.”
The report went on: “Sexual harassment / assault and misconduct were repeated and, indeed, as part of a systematic treatment of female players was brought to the {national training} center, which was aimed at the train and prepare future generations of Haitian football players.
“Instead, it has been transformed into an environment of fear and mistreatment.”
Jean-Bart has led the FHF for the past two decades, with the report finding that, during his tenure, he threatened to deport young women. -out of the many criminal acts he committed.
The report also explained how players who rejected his advances were intimidated or whether their development at the center was held back.
As well as being banned from football for life, Jean-Bart was also fined CHF 1,000,000 (£ 825,000 / $ 1 million / € 925,000).
Jean-Bart has the option of appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and after releasing a FIFA report his spokesman Evan Nierman said DW: “Repeating false and misleading allegations to foreign journalists and a bureaucratic committee within FIFA does not make them true.
“Because adjudication systems and courts of law rely on facts and evidence rather than politically motivated rumors, Dr Jean-Bart believes that when his case is investigated he will be cleansed of injustice. Court of Arbitration of Sport. “
The full birth can be found here.